Rochester Amerks win seventh straight

The Rochester Amerks didn't waste any time on Saturday getting on the board and continuing their winning ways.

Luke Adam's team-leading 19th goal of the season 1:21 into the game drew first blood in a 4-0 win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, streching Rochester's winning to streak to seven games.

Nathan Lieuwen made 23 saves to earn the shutout for the Amerks. Lieuwen is on a personal four-game winning streak since Jan. 18 and has only given up four goals in that span.

Amerks coach Chadd Cassidy said the defense in front of the goaltenders makes for easy nights.

"We've been really good defensively by getting pucks out of our zone," he said. "I thought especially in the first the first two periods our defense played real well but (Lieuwen) made two unbelievable saves when Scranton was on the power play with two point-blank shots."

Johan Larsson scored a goal in the second period to give the Amerks a three-goal lead. Larsson has been a force during the winning streak with three goals and nine assists.

Before the winning streak, a rash of injuries forced the Amerks to play a different style.

"We learned a lot and we knew we had to take care of the puck to have a chance" Cassidy said. "Insert a couple of guys with some skill and the offense comes alive, but we learned how to take care of the puck."

Joel Armia and Frederick Roy each added a goal and an assist for the Amerks (22-15-3-3). Brayden Irwin had two assists for Rochester.